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Kurt Busch when pitting for a loose wheel: “If you need a (expletive) lap to get ready, then tell me, I’ll pit the next time. Get the wheel spacers ready.”

Crew chief Todd Berrier: “We got the wheel spacers on it. We’re good to go. … It was a right rear wheel loose.”

Busch: “10-4. Let me know what we’ve got to do here. Right now it’s fine.”

Then after a caution, Busch: “Dammit, I could have gotten to the leader and done the wave-around and gotten right back into this (expletive). Why did they throw the yellow? There ain’t no (expletive) debris out here.”

Spotter Rick Carelli: “It was on the apron, it wasn’t even on the racetrack.”

Busch: “There was no need for a yellow. It’s let’s scan the 78 and see what the driver’s attitude is. … I don’t know what to think. We didn’t come this (expletive) far just to kind of throw it away, but apparently we’re trying really hard to throw it away.”

Crew chief Steve Letarte to Dale Earnhardt Jr. on fuel mileage: “We didn’t give you enough laps when we told you … to pit. We’re probably at least four short from here. I don’t think anybody can make it. Everybody pitted in front of us. You just keep doing what you’re doing. 65 (laps) to go. I’d ask you to help us, but it’s way too much. We’d just lose spots and still not make it.”

Crew chief Jason Ratcliff to Matt Kenseth: “We’re going to have to pit. You go as hard as you want. There’s 60 (laps) to go. We’re going to be 12-14 short.”

Letarte after the race: “Great job. You did a great job all day.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: “They’re just so damn fast around here. I don’t know what else I could have done.

Letarte: “10-4. We gave them a run, though. Good job, boys. … 1-2 out of the building. That’s a good weekend.”

Earnhardt: “You did a good job this weekend. Keep working hard. I hate losing them like that. If we keep bringing cars like this, man …”